Written Answers Tuesday 15 August 2006

Scottish Executive

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many women were sentenced to a term of imprisonment of (a) any length, (b) no more than six months and (c) no more than one month in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by sheriff court.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following table.

  Women Receiving a Custodial Sentence in Scottish Sheriff Courts, 2002-03 To 2004-05, by Length of Sentence1

  

 Sheriff Court
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05


 Not Over One Month
 Not Over Six Months
 Any Length
 Not Over One Month
 Not Over Six Months
 Any Length
 Not Over One Month
 Not Over Six Months
 Any Length


 Aberdeen 
 24
 71
 80
 4
 51
 62
 14
 60
 71


 Airdrie 
 4
 21
 25
 1
 19
 26
 1
 34
 43


 Alloa 
 10
 19
 21
 3
 28
 31
 -
 4
 4


 Arbroath 
 3
 8
 8
 1
 14
 14
 1
 1
 1


 Ayr 
 17
 100
 104
 16
 86
 89
 27
 76
 77


 Banff 
 2
 4
 4
 -
 -
 -
 1
 7
 7


 Campbeltown 
 1
 2
 2
 -
 1
 1
 -
 -
 -


 Cupar 
 -
 2
 2
 -
 1
 1
 3
 10
 10


 Dingwall 
 1
 8
 8
 -
 3
 3
 -
 3
 4


 Dornoch 
 -
 1
 1
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Dumbarton 
 1
 8
 8
 2
 27
 29
 2
 18
 19


 Dumfries 
 5
 53
 55
 1
 32
 33
 -
 30
 35


 Dundee 
 26
 49
 53
 10
 44
 45
 22
 83
 85


 Dunfermline 
 -
 15
 18
 2
 24
 26
 2
 18
 20


 Duns 
 3
 3
 3
 2
 2
 2
 -
 -
 -


 Edinburgh 
 9
 91
 105
 29
 139
 158
 22
 104
 120


 Elgin 
 3
 29
 31
 2
 21
 23
 3
 21
 22


 Falkirk 
 24
 51
 54
 10
 22
 24
 9
 23
 24


 Forfar 
 -
 9
 9
 6
 16
 18
 1
 5
 5


 Fort William 
 -
 1
 1
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Glasgow 
 9
 66
 94
 7
 73
 98
 12
 82
 109


 Greenock 
 7
 33
 34
 3
 16
 17
 5
 14
 22


 Haddington 
 1
 22
 22
 -
 8
 10
 -
 3
 3


 Hamilton 
 3
 32
 33
 8
 46
 56
 5
 72
 83


 Inverness 
 1
 13
 15
 6
 21
 24
 -
 11
 11


 Jedburgh 
 -
 9
 9
 -
 3
 3
 4
 9
 10


 Kilmarnock 
 5
 117
 125
 10
 129
 138
 6
 100
 113


 Kirkcaldy 
 4
 22
 23
 3
 28
 28
 6
 44
 54


 Kirkcudbright
 -
 -
 -
 -
 1
 1
 -
 4
 9


 Kirkwall 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 1
 1


 Lanark 
 -
 1
 1
 1
 3
 5
 1
 10
 10


 Lerwick 
 -
 1
 1
 -
 6
 6
 1
 6
 6


 Linlithgow 
 5
 8
 8
 7
 16
 16
 13
 35
 36


 Lochmaddy 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 1
 -
 -
 -


 Oban 
 -
 3
 4
 2
 15
 17
 1
 1
 1


 Paisley 
 7
 15
 20
 6
 21
 25
 11
 53
 58


 Peebles 
 -
 1
 1
 -
 -
 -
 -
 4
 5


 Perth 
 3
 20
 26
 5
 29
 31
 9
 44
 52


 Peterhead 
 3
 9
 9
 1
 2
 2
 2
 9
 10


 Selkirk 
 2
 9
 12
 1
 3
 3
 9
 14
 14


 Stirling 
 6
 20
 22
 3
 35
 37
 4
 37
 43


 Stonehaven 
 -
 2
 2
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Stornoway 
 -
 1
 2
 1
 1
 1
 -
 2
 2


 Stranraer 
 1
 10
 13
 1
 16
 21
 -
 14
 16


 Tain 
 -
 4
 4
 2
 11
 11
 1
 2
 4


 Wick 
 -
 2
 5
 1
 5
 5
 -
 1
 1


 Scotland
 190
 965
 1,077
 157
 1,018
 1,141
 198
 1,069
 1,220



  Note: 1. "No more than one month" has been defined as 30 days or less, and "No more than six months" has been defined as 183 days or less.

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many women were sentenced to a term of imprisonment of (a) any length, (b) no more than six months, (c) no more than one month in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by sheriff.

Cathy Jamieson: Information is not available centrally on persons proceeded against in Scottish courts by individual sheriff.

Justice

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many females aged under 18 were (a) cautioned for and (b) charged with violent assault in each year since 1999, broken down by (i) age group and (ii) police force area and expressed also as a percentage of the total under-18 female population.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is shown in the following tables.

  Females Under 18 Proceeded1 Against for Serious Assault2 in Scottish Courts, by Age Group, 1999-2000 to 2004-05

  

 Police Force Area
 Number Proceeded Against


 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05


 Central 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 1
 -
 -
 -
 2
 2


 Aged 17 
 -
 -
 1
 -
 2
 -


 Dumfries and Galloway
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 1
 -
 1
 -
 -
 1


 Aged 17 
 -
 -
 1
 -
 1
 -


 Fife 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 -
 1
 -
 -
 -


 Aged 17 
 -
 3
 1
 1
 -
 -


 Grampian
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Aged 17 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Lothian and Borders 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 -
 -
 1
 5
 2


 Aged 17 
 -
 -
 -
 3
 3
 1


 Northern 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 2
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Aged 17 
 -
 2
 1
 -
 1
 -


 Strathclyde 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 1
 1
 1
 2
 1
 3


 Aged 17 
 5
 8
 5
 8
 7
 5


 Tayside 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 3
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Aged 17 
 2
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Scotland
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 6
 3
 3
 3
 8
 8


 Aged 17 
 7
 13
 9
 12
 14
 6



  

 Police Force Area
 Percentage of Total Female Population of that Age3


 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05


 Central 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 0.12
 0.11


 Aged 17 
 -
 -
 0.06
 -
 0.11
 -


 Dumfries and Galloway
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 0.12
 -
 0.11
 -
 -
 0.10


 Aged 17 
 -
 -
 0.11
 -
 0.12
 -


 Fife 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 -
 0.05
 -
 -
 -


 Aged 17 
 -
 0.14
 0.05
 0.05
 -
 -


 Grampian
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Aged 17 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Lothian and Borders 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 -
 -
 0.02
 0.10
 0.04


 Aged 17 
 -
 -
 -
 0.06
 0.06
 0.02


 Northern 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 0.11
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Aged 17 
 -
 0.12
 0.06
 -
 0.06
 -


 Strathclyde 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 0.01
 0.01
 0.01
 0.01
 0.01
 0.02


 Aged 17 
 0.04
 0.06
 0.04
 0.05
 0.05
 0.04


 Tayside 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 0.13
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Aged 17 
 0.08
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Scotland
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 0.02
 0.01
 0.01
 0.01
 0.03
 0.03


 Aged 17 
 0.02
 0.04
 0.03
 0.04
 0.04
 0.02



  Notes:

  1. A person may be proceeded against more than once.

  2. Where main offence.

  3. Percentages for "16 and Under" rows are calculated based on the populations of 16 year olds only.

  In this table: - = nil.

Justice

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many males aged under 18 were (a) cautioned for and (b) charged with violent assault in each year since 1999, broken down by (i) age group and (ii) police force area and expressed also as a percentage of the total under-18 male population.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is shown in the following tables.

  Males Under 18 Proceeded1 Against for Serious Assault2 in Scottish Courts, by Age Group, 1999-2000 to 2004-05

  

 Police Force Area
 Number Proceeded Against


 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05


 Central 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 1
 -
 -
 -
 7
 7


 Aged 17 
 3
 3
 3
 5
 8
 8


 Dumfries and Galloway
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 1
 1
 1
 -
 -


 Aged 17 
 1
 -
 2
 5
 2
 2


 Fife 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 1
 3
 4
 1
 2


 Aged 17 
 8
 2
 6
 9
 2
 12


 Grampian 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 -
 1
 3
 5
 3


 Aged 17 
 9
 5
 4
 3
 7
 6


 Lothian and Borders 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 7
 3
 11
 12
 10
 9


 Aged 17 
 8
 9
 3
 30
 27
 12


 Northern 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 1
 1
 -
 -
 3
 1


 Aged 17 
 3
 3
 2
 1
 3
 2


 Strathclyde 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 25
 17
 23
 30
 25
 33


 Aged 17 
 52
 40
 55
 49
 54
 44


 Tayside 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 4
 4
 6
 6
 3
 3


 Aged 17 
 7
 14
 5
 10
 7
 4


 Scotland
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 38
 27
 45
 56
 54
 58


 Aged 17 
 91
 76
 80
 112
 110
 90



  

 Police Force Area
 Percentage of Total Male Population of that Age3


 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05


 Central 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 0.06
 -
 -
 -
 0.38
 0.37


 Aged 17 
 0.17
 0.17
 0.17
 0.27
 0.41
 0.43


 Dumfries and Galloway
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 0.11
 0.10
 0.10
 -
 -


 Aged 17 
 0.12
 -
 0.23
 0.50
 0.21
 0.20


 Fife 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 0.04
 0.13
 0.16
 0.04
 0.08


 Aged 17 
 0.36
 0.10
 0.27
 0.38
 0.08
 0.52


 Grampian 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 -
 -
 0.03
 0.09
 0.15
 0.09


 Aged 17 
 0.27
 0.15
 0.12
 0.09
 0.21
 0.18


 Lothian and Borders 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 0.14
 0.06
 0.21
 0.22
 0.19
 0.16


 Aged 17 
 0.16
 0.18
 0.06
 0.58
 0.50
 0.22


 Northern 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 0.06
 0.05
 -
 -
 0.15
 0.05


 Aged 17 
 0.17
 0.17
 0.11
 0.05
 0.16
 0.10


 Strathclyde 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 0.18
 0.12
 0.15
 0.20
 0.17
 0.22


 Aged 17 
 0.37
 0.29
 0.39
 0.33
 0.36
 0.29


 Tayside 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 0.16
 0.16
 0.23
 0.24
 0.12
 0.12


 Aged 17 
 0.27
 0.56
 0.19
 0.39
 0.27
 0.16


 Scotland
 
 
 
 
 
 


 16 and Under
 0.12
 0.09
 0.14
 0.17
 0.16
 0.17


 Aged 17 
 0.29
 0.25
 0.25
 0.34
 0.33
 0.27



  Notes:

  1. A person may be proceeded against more than once.

  2. Where main offence.

  3. Percentages for "16 and Under" rows are calculated based on the populations of 16 year olds only.

  In this table: - = nil.

Justice

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many females aged under 18 were victims of violent assault in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) age group and (b) police force or NHS area and expressed also as a percentage of the total under-18 female population.

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many males aged under 18 were victims of violent assault in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) age group and (b) police force or NHS area and expressed also as a percentage of the total under-18 male population.

Cathy Jamieson: This information is not held centrally. The recorded crime statistics are based on an aggregate return, and so details of individual crimes, such as the age and gender of victim and perpetrator, are not available.

Justice

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many females were convicted of drink driving in each year since 1999, expressed also as a percentage of total drink-driving convictions in each year and broken down by police force area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables.

  Females with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Drink Driving Offences1,2:

  Number and Percentage of Total Persons with a Charge Proved for Drink Driving Offences, by Force Area, 1999-2000 to 2004-05

  

 Police Force Area
 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05


 Number


 Central 
 36
 43
 29
 99
 55
 70


 Dumfries and Galloway
 16
 26
 21
 24
 24
 32


 Fife 
 39
 55
 38
 116
 64
 71


 Grampian 
 109
 81
 106
 129
 130
 152


 Lothian and Borders 
 120
 123
 128
 210
 198
 188


 Northern 
 75
 20
 72
 77
 77
 88


 Strathclyde 
 215
 236
 235
 415
 368
 401


 Tayside 
 64
 78
 68
 88
 105
 110


 Scotland
 674
 662
 697
 1,158
 1,021
 1,112


 
 Percentage


 Central 
10.6
10.6
11.9
13.1
11.7
15.4


 Dumfries and Galloway
9.1
13.6
10.4
10.7
9.4
13.0


 Fife 
11.9
13.4
11.9
14.5
11.3
14.3


 Grampian 
10.0
14.8
13.7
13.2
13.3
16.0


 Lothian and Borders 
10.4
10.9
11.3
12.9
15.3
14.6


 Northern 
9.4
9.6
11.8
11.1
10.3
12.4


 Strathclyde 
7.3
8.5
9.0
11.4
12.0
12.7


 Tayside 
11.6
13.1
10.5
11.3
13.3
15.9


 Scotland
9.2
10.6
10.7
12.2
12.5
13.9



  Notes:

  1. Where main offence.

  2. Includes driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs; driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle with blood alcohol content above the prescribed limit; failure to provide a breath specimen at the roadside, and failure to provide a breath, blood or urine specimen at a police station.

Justice

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals convicted of drink driving in each year since 1999 had been involved in a road traffic accident whilst under the influence of alcohol at the time of being charged, broken down by police force area.

Cathy Jamieson: The information requested is not held centrally.

Justice

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many females were convicted of being under the influence of a substance other than alcohol and in charge of a motor vehicle in each year since 1999, broken down by police force area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following table.

  Females with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Being in Charge of a Motor Vehicle Under the Influence of Drink/Drugs1,2, 1999-2000 to 2004-05.

  

 Police Force Area
 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05


 Central 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 1
 -


 Dumfries and Galloway
 -
 -
 -
 2
 2
 -


 Fife 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Grampian 
 -
 -
 2
 1
 -
 -


 Lothian and Borders 
 -
 1
 -
 2
 1
 -


 Northern 
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Strathclyde 
 1
 1
 2
 6
 1
 4


 Tayside 
 -
 1
 1
 -
 1
 1


 Scotland
 1
 3
 5
 11
 6
 5



  Notes:

  1. Where main offence.

  2. The relevant legislation, Section 4 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, does not distinguish between whether a person was under the influence of drink or drugs while in charge of a motor vehicle. Cases which involved persons being convicted of being under the influence of drugs while in charge of a motor vehicle cannot therefore be identified separately from the charge information held on the Justice Department’s court proceedings database.

Justice

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many motorists convicted of a speeding offence were (a) female and (b) male in each year since 1999.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following table.

  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Speeding Offences1,2, by Sex, 1999-2000 to 2004-05

  

 
 1999-2000
 2000-01
 2001-02
 2002-03
 2003-04
 2004-05


 Female
 1,739
 1,118
 1,233
 1,423
 1,959
 2,174


 Male 
 13,543
 8,290
 8,748
 8,405
 10,732
 11,328


 Total
 15,282
 9,408
 9,981
 9,828
 12,691
 13,502



  Notes:

  1. Where main offence.

  2. Includes motorway and clearway offences.

Scottish Executive

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many internal leak inquiries it has conducted in each year since 1999, broken down by department.

Mr Tom McCabe: The Scottish Executive has carried out a total of 28 leak investigation since 1999.

  

 Year
 Number of Investigations


 1999
 4


 2000
 1


 2001
 5


 2002
 5


 2003
 7


 2004
 3


 2005
 2


 2006
 1



  Of the 28 leak investigations:

  six documents were originated by the Environment and Rural Affairs Department;

  five by the Development Department;

  two by the Health Department;

  two by the Education Department;

  two by the Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department;

  two by the Finance and Central Services Department;

  two by the Change and Corporate Services Department;

  one by Communities Scotland, and

  one by the Scottish Prison Service.

  There were five leaked documents which could not be attributed to a particular Scottish Executive department or agency.

  All leak investigations are undertaken through the Executive’s Security Branch and, given the closely interrelated nature of the Executive, investigations are not normally confined to staff within the department which originated a document.

Scottish Executive Buildings

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it makes use of buildings such as Duff House in Banff which are available to it at no charge other than for consumed resources directly attributable to such use and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.

Mr Tom McCabe: I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-27470 on 14 August. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search .